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authorLibravatar Andrew Ruder <andy@aeruder.net>2007-04-26 23:58:59 -0500
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2007-04-26 22:43:10 -0700
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parentUpdate git-grep documentation (diff)
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Update -L documentation for git-blame/git-annotate
Documenting alternate ways to use -L: -L /regex/,end -L start,+offset Signed-off-by: Andrew Ruder <andy@aeruder.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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--show-stats::
Include additional statistics at the end of blame output.
--L n,m::
- Annotate only the specified line range (lines count from 1).
+-L <start>,<end>::
+ Annotate only the given line range. <start> and <end> can take
+ one of these forms:
+
+ - number
++
+If <start> or <end> is a number, it specifies an
+absolute line number (lines count from 1).
++
+
+- /regex/
++
+This form will use the first line matching the given
+POSIX regex. If <end> is a regex, it will search
+starting at the line given by <start>.
++
+
+- +offset or -offset
++
+This is only valid for <end> and will specify a number
+of lines before or after the line given by <start>.
++
-l::
Show long rev (Default: off).